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Honorable Mention Winner in the 75th Writer's Digest Competition.  Rewards 75 GPs per review | Rated: | 18+ | | Size: | 18.00 KB (Approx. 2,612 Words) | | Genres: | Mystery, Horror/Scary, Mythology | | Updated: | 262 Days 16 Hours ago | | Created: | Apr 12, 2006 12:07pm | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Short Story |
| A beloved husband is murdered before Sara's disbelieving eyes. Justice must follow. Rewards 225 GPs per review | Rated: | 18+ | | Size: | 24.00 KB (Approx. 3,526 Words) | | Genres: | Action/Adventure, Drama, Dark | | Updated: | 338 Days 13 Hours ago | | Created: | Jan 26, 2008 11:00am | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Draft |
| Framed for a grisly crime, Jericho must find Atlantis, save the girl and clear his name. Rewards 150 GPs per review | Rated: | 18+ | | Entries: | 3 | | Genres: | Action/Adventure, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense | | Updated: | 1,333 Days 17 Hours ago | | Created: | Feb 26, 2006 5:18pm | | Item Type: | Book -> Novel |
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A monthly contest for stories with a twist. Get 500 GPs for entering! Nov round open! Rewards 75 GPs per review | Rated: | 13+ | | Posts: | 999 | | Genres: | Contest, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense | | Updated: | 1 Hour 22 Minutes ago | | Created: | May 29, 2007 10:19pm | | Item Type: | Message Forum -> Other |
| Torchlit shores beckon to a fantastic world of conchies, apes and disgusting recipe ideas | Rated: | 18+ | | Shown: | 25 | | Genres: | Comedy, Environment, Mystery | | Updated: | 6 Hours 30 Minutes ago | | Created: | May 3, 2007 10:47am | | Item Type: | In & Out |
| This contest is for authors who love to write short stories. | Rated: | E | | Posts: | 71 | | Genres: | Contest, Writing, Mystery | | Updated: | 8 Hours 16 Minutes ago | | Created: | Aug 9, 2009 12:12pm | | Item Type: | Message Forum -> Contest |
| A mysterious house discovered opens the door to an unknowing past and potential new future | Rated: | E | | Size: | 14.00 KB (Approx. 2,058 Words) | | Genres: | Mystery, Drama, Genealogy | | Updated: | 8 Hours 53 Minutes ago | | Created: | Nov 20, 2009 4:51pm | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Short Story |
| | Rated: | E | | Size: | 1.00 KB (Approx. 139 Words) | | Genres: | Philosophy, Experience, Mystery | | Updated: | 8 Hours 56 Minutes ago | | Created: | Nov 15, 2009 10:23pm | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Poetry |
| A mysterious illness threatens the life of a girl who must fight to survive. | Rated: | ASR | | Size: | 5.00 KB (Approx. 688 Words) | | Genres: | Health, Mystery, Fantasy | | Updated: | 16 Hours 4 Minutes ago | | Created: | Nov 20, 2009 2:52pm | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Chapter |
| When the stars ignite change for times eclipsed destiny | Rated: | 13+ | | Size: | 1.00 KB (Approx. 184 Words) | | Genres: | Fantasy, Emotional, Mystery | | Updated: | 1 Day 1 Hour ago | | Created: | Nov 20, 2009 5:06am | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Poetry |
| since it seems to be gone... | Rated: | E | | Chapters: | 7 | | Genres: | Fantasy, Experience, Mystery | | Updated: | 1 Day 5 Hours ago | | Created: | Nov 11, 2009 11:57am | | Item Type: | Interactive Story |
| Rewards 75 GPs per review | Rated: | E | | KB: | 38 | | Genres: | Fantasy, Romance/Love, Mystery | | Updated: | 1 Day 5 Hours ago | | Created: | Jul 19, 2009 1:31pm | | Item Type: | Image -> Cover Art |
| Anime Characters turn into Big babies | Rated: | E | | Chapters: | 3 | | Genres: | Action/Adventure, Comedy, Mystery | | Updated: | 1 Day 9 Hours ago | | Created: | Nov 6, 2009 1:50pm | | Item Type: | Interactive Story |
| this is about 3 boys and 1 girl with certain powers that help save the world | Rated: | 13+ | | Size: | 9.00 KB (Approx. 1,334 Words) | | Genres: | Fanfiction, Mystery, Teen | | Updated: | 1 Day 9 Hours ago | | Created: | Oct 27, 2009 9:18pm | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Fiction |
| Is your religious book fact, metaphor or fiction? | Rated: | E | | Votes: | 35 | | Genres: | Religious, Philosophy, Mystery | | Updated: | 1 Day 17 Hours ago | | Created: | Jan 13, 2007 10:44pm | | Item Type: | User Poll |
| Spam finds reasons for thanksgiving | Rated: | ASR | | Size: | 32.00 KB (Approx. 4,628 Words) | | Genres: | Detective, Emotional, Mystery | | Updated: | 1 Day 20 Hours ago | | Created: | Nov 9, 2009 11:57am | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Short Story |
| How do you figure out what you have done when you have a second personality? | Rated: | 18+ | | Size: | 10.00 KB (Approx. 1,446 Words) | | Genres: | Contest Entry, Mystery, Dark | | Updated: | 2 Days 2 Hours ago | | Created: | Nov 13, 2009 11:35pm | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Short Story |
| For NaNo 2009, The second volume in the "Grand Organ Mysteries" fiction series.
| Rated: | 13+ | | Entries: | 5 | | Genres: | Detective, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense | | Updated: | 2 Days 6 Hours ago | | Created: | Oct 16, 2009 10:08pm | | Item Type: | Book -> Collection |
| A note can turn the world into war... | Rated: | 13+ | | Size: | 1.00 KB (Approx. 183 Words) | | Genres: | Mystery, Horror/Scary, Romance/Love | | Updated: | 2 Days 7 Hours ago | | Created: | Nov 18, 2009 11:41pm | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Short Story |
| ADC ACTIVITY/ PROBLEM POSTING when your turn? --- email TEFF at once! | Rated: | 18+ | | Additions: | 9 | | Genres: | Comedy, Mystery, Regional | | Updated: | 2 Days 19 Hours ago | | Created: | Oct 21, 2009 8:03am | | Item Type: | Campfire Creative |
| A detective is forced to investigate the murder of the monsters she hates. | Rated: | 18+ | | Entries: | 13 | | Genres: | Dark, Horror/Scary, Mystery | | Updated: | 3 Days 4 Hours ago | | Created: | Nov 2, 2009 2:54am | | Item Type: | Book -> Novella |
| | Rated: | E | | Size: | 0.00 KB (Approx. 22 Words) | | Genres: | Other, Mystery | | Updated: | 3 Days 15 Hours ago | | Created: | Nov 17, 2009 3:37pm | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Other |
| What do you think the future holds??? | Rated: | ASR | | Votes: | 11 | | Genres: | Mystery, Sci-fi | | Updated: | 3 Days 17 Hours ago | | Created: | Jun 25, 2009 12:45am | | Item Type: | User Poll |
| Follow the clues to decipher the message and win gift points! Rewards 150 GPs per review | Rated: | 13+ | | Posts: | 47 | | Genres: | Activity, Mystery, Detective | | Updated: | 3 Days 23 Hours ago | | Created: | Sep 4, 2003 9:04pm | | Item Type: | Message Forum -> Other |
| Ancient Egyptian mysteries connected with the un-explainable events of Bermuda Triangle. | Rated: | E | | Size: | 34.00 KB (Approx. 4,919 Words) | | Genres: | Mystery, Mythology, Research | | Updated: | 4 Days 6 Minutes ago | | Created: | Jul 13, 2008 11:42am | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Fiction |
| More characters and some mystery. More mystery will be in the 4th (last) part. Please rate | Rated: | E | | Size: | 12.00 KB (Approx. 1,825 Words) | | Genres: | Mystery, Thriller/Suspense | | Updated: | 4 Days 8 Hours ago | | Created: | Nov 16, 2009 10:16pm | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Chapter |
| A story of the previous war and how history is repeating itself | Rated: | ASR | | Size: | 27.00 KB (Approx. 4,022 Words) | | Genres: | Action/Adventure, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense | | Updated: | 4 Days 10 Hours ago | | Created: | May 25, 2009 5:41pm | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Chapter |
| Speaking to the contemporary concerns of prophesied events such as 2012 | Rated: | E | | Size: | 1.00 KB (Approx. 164 Words) | | Genres: | Mythology, Mystery, Nature | | Updated: | 4 Days 16 Hours ago | | Created: | Nov 16, 2009 2:01pm | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Poetry |
| U wake up & find that you somehow traded places w/ a mental patient who now runs ur life Rewards 356 GPs per review | Rated: | 18+ | | Chapters: | 3 | | Genres: | Psychology, Mystery, Action/Adventure | | Updated: | 4 Days 17 Hours ago | | Created: | Nov 9, 2009 5:11pm | | Item Type: | Interactive Story |
| A northern town has a community of farmers, growing a very strange crop. | Rated: | E | | Chapters: | 159 | | Genres: | Thriller/Suspense, Mystery, Experience | | Updated: | 4 Days 17 Hours ago | | Created: | Jul 5, 2001 4:03pm | | Item Type: | Interactive Story |
| Can you survive being trapped inside a house at the hands of a mad man? | Rated: | 18+ | | Chapters: | 7 | | Genres: | Mystery, Thriller/Suspense | | Updated: | 4 Days 21 Hours ago | | Created: | Oct 7, 2009 11:18pm | | Item Type: | Interactive Story |
| | Rated: | E | | Size: | 1.00 KB (Approx. 125 Words) | | Genres: | Mystery, Inspirational, Personal | | Updated: | 4 Days 23 Hours ago | | Created: | Feb 14, 2009 12:26pm | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Poetry |
| An interesting solution to writers block | Rated: | 13+ | | Size: | 4.00 KB (Approx. 606 Words) | | Genres: | Mystery, Dark | | Updated: | 5 Days 9 Hours ago | | Created: | Jan 27, 2009 2:10am | | Item Type: | Static Item -> Short Story |
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